November 06, 1875

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Features

A Powerful Crane

Instinctive Calculation

The Goal of Evolution

"Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lassies, O!"

Pineapple and Banana Fibers

Scientific and Practical Information - November 6, 1875

The Origin of Mountains

The Sheffield Steel Manufactures

Diving Bell and Grapnel

J. A. Fay & Co.'s Mortising and Boring Machine

The Psycho Mystery

Improved Steam Heater for Dwellings

Method of Securing Fish Plates to Railway Joints

Black Cockatoos

The Iguana Family

Astronomical Notes - November 6, 1875

Decisions of the Courts - November 6, 1875

Earth Pits

Flower Pots

New Chemical and Miscellaneous Inventions - November 6, 1875

Recent American and Foreign Patents - November 6, 1875

New Household Articles

New Mechanical and Engineering Inventions - November 6, 1875

New Woodworking and House and Carriage Building Inventions

New Agricultural Inventions - November 6, 1875

Communications Received - November 6, 1875

Canadian Patents - November 6, 1875

Departments

Letters

Correspondence - November 6, 1875

Departments

Business and Personal - November 6, 1875

Notes and Queries - November 6, 1875

Index of Inventions - November 6, 1875

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